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Thursday, October 06, 2016

• Western Dubuque Biodiesel LLC agreed to pay $6 million October 4
to settle charges that the firm allegedly generated renewable identification
numbers for renewable fuel that was produced using unapproved feedstocks. – U.S.
Department of Justice

2. October 4, U.S.
Department of Justice – (Iowa) United States takes action to address
alleged renewable fuel standard violations by NGL Crude Logistics and Western
Dubuque Biodiesel. The U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reached a $6 million settlement with
Western Dubuque Biodiesel LLC October 4 to resolve alleged Renewable Fuel
Standard program violations for generating renewable identification numbers
(RINs) for renewable fuel that was produced using unapproved feedstocks and
production processes. The EPA also filed a complaint against NGL Crude
Logistics LLC for entering into a series of alleged transactions with Western Dubuque
that resulted in approximately 36 million invalid RINs in 2011.

• Officials announced October 4 that Port Canaveral in Brevard
County, Florida, would be closed to all ship traffic, including cruise ships,
cargo ships, and commercial fishing boats beginning October 5 in anticipation
of Hurricane Matthew. – Florida Today

11. October 4, Florida
Today – (Florida) Port Canaveral closing to ships, business on
Wednesday. The U.S. Coast Guard announced October 4 that Port Canaveral in
Brevard County, Florida, would be closed to all ship traffic, including cruise
ships and cargo ships, as well as recreational and commercial fishing boats
beginning October 5 in anticipation of Hurricane Matthew. The Port Canaveral
chief executive officer also issued an evacuation order for landslide
operations affecting Jetty Park campers, marinas, and all Port businesses and
tenants. Source: http://www.floridatoday.com/story/news/local/2016/10/04/port-canaveral-closing-ships-business-wednesday/91568292/

• Mississippi officials issued a water advisory for the Industrial
Seaway and Bernard Bayou in Gulfport October 3 after approximately 500,000
gallons of raw sewage spilled from a damaged sewer line into nearby drains that
flow into surrounding waterways. – WLOX 13 Biloxi

12. October 5, WLOX 13
Biloxi – (Mississippi) Ruptured pipe causes 500,000 gallons of raw
sewage to spill in Gulfport. The Mississippi Department of Environmental
Quality issued a water advisory for the Industrial Seaway and Bernard Bayou in
Gulfport October 3 after approximately 500,000 gallons of raw sewage spilled
from a damaged 24-inch sewer line into nearby ditches and drains that flow into
the surrounding waterways. Crews repaired the pipe and contained the leak. Source: http://www.wbrc.com/story/33317540/ruptured-pipe-causes-500000-gallons-of-raw-sewage-to-spill-in-gulfport

• The governor of South Carolina ordered a coastal evacuation
October 4 and canceled classes at 27 school districts across the State until at
least October 7 in advance of Hurricane Matthew. – WLTX 19 Columbia

16. October 4, WLTX 19
Columbia – (South Carolina) Gov. orders coast evacuation, declares state
of emergency. The governor of South Carolina ordered a coastal evacuation
October 4 and canceled classes at 27 school districts across the State until at
least October 7 in advance of Hurricane Matthew, which expected to strike South
Carolina October 7 – October 8. Source:
http://www.wusa9.com/weather/forecast/gov-haley-orders-coast-evacuation-declares-state-of-emergency/329160994

Financial Services Sector

6. October 4, Milford
Patch – (Connecticut; Massachusetts) Man previously arrested for a bank
robbery in Milford pleads guilty to 3 others: Feds. A Rhode Island
resident, dubbed the “Teardrop Bandit” pleaded guilty October 4 after he robbed
two banks in Connecticut and one in Massachusetts between July and September
2015.

18. October 4,
SecurityWeek – (International) Google patches 78 vulnerabilities in
Android. Google released patches resolving at least 78 security flaws in
its Android operating system, including 11 elevation of privilege
vulnerabilities in ServiceManager, Lock Settings Service, and Mediaserver,
among other components, 3 denial-of-service (DoS) issues in Wi-Fi, GPS, and
Mediaserver, as well as critical remote execution flaws in kernel ASN.1 decoder
and kernel networking system, among other vulnerabilities. Google reported that
the Qualcomm components were most affected by the security flaws.

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U.S. Army Retired Chief Warrant Officer with more than 40 years in information technology and 35 years in information security. Became a Certified Information Systems Security Professional in 1995 and have taught computer security in Asia, Canada and the United States. Wrote a computer security column for 5 years in the 1980s titled "for the Sake Of Security", penname R. E. (Bob) Johnston, which was published in Computer Decisions.
Motto: "When entrusted to process, you are obligated to safeguard"